Beast King Costa

Chapter 289
Back in the dressing room, Fernando Santos was the first to praise Diego: "Diego, the goal in the first half was fantastic, but..."

Before Fernando Santos finished speaking, Diego nodded excitedly: "Ah! Thank you Coach Santos for your compliment! I will continue to work hard in the second half of the game!"

"but!"

Fernando Santos resumed his daily black face: "It would be even better if you could have more interactions with Nuno! For example, in the ball just now, when you held Senna and Penha, you will The ball went straight back to Nuno on the other side and that would have been a fantastic assist."

Diego complained lowly: "Isn't it good that I scored a wonderful goal myself!? Huh! Old guy!"

Fortunately, Fernando Santos has already begun to summarize the situation in the first half of the game, and he did not notice Diego's dissatisfied complaints.

"We obviously guessed wrongly about Coach Pellegrini's tactical intentions - it wasn't a 4-5-1 formation at all, what Peshua wanted to play was actually a 3-4-3, which meant that Billy Yarreal is completely attacking, and there are still relatively few things on the defensive end, mainly concentrated in the middle."

"Of course! I believe that Pellegrini concentrated his defense in the middle, mainly against Nuno. But what I didn't expect was that we had a big center with such comprehensive capabilities as Diego at the top to open the way for Nuno. This made Pellegrini suffer without knowing it."

"In order for the team to play more actively on the offensive end, instead of Diego single-handedly holding the ball to single-handedly challenge the opponent's defense, we need to play more actively on the wing in the second half of the game! Forcing Villarreal's center The defense is dismantled, allowing Nuno in the middle to have more space to intersperse!"

……

I saw Fernando Santos looking at the two wing attackers, Manu and Simao, who did not perform well in the first half of the game: "The second half of the game! Activate the speed of the wing, I need you to keep attacking Villarreal Er's wing, forcing their two full-backs back to the back line!"

"clear!!!"

"clear!!!"

This first half of the game was definitely super depressing for Simao.

The team's focus was on the middle, fighting with two midfielders, Matias Fernandez and Bruno Soriano, completely ignoring the wings.

Although Diego alone pierced Villarreal's defense in the middle, Simao is confident that if the team distributes the ball to the wing, he will attack Villarreal. With a weak side defense, goals will come more easily, and even the score can be overtaken in the first half of the game.

As for Manu's side...

Just help Leonardo Bastos do a good job in defense!
Simao didn't dare to think that Manu could fly with him on both wings.

If the left midfielder position is Assis, there may be a chance to fly both wings when attacking the frontcourt while doing a good job of defending on the side.

As the saying goes, you can do whatever you want.

Just when Simao was thinking that his partner on the other side was Assis, Fernando Santos immediately made a decision: "Assis replaced Manu in the second half of the game! Assis! You have to help Basto behind you Si resists Leonard Somersa, and when the team is attacking, he has to boldly press up!"

"Got it! Coach Santos!"

Listening to Fernando Santos making such a substitution, Manu and Assis had distinct expressions.

Manu also wanted to show himself very hard in the first half of the game.

But the reason for the helplessness is the same as that of Simao. The team's technical and tactical focus is concentrated in the middle, and the sideways can't get half of the pie.

How can Manu give full play to his speed advantage when he doesn't even have many opportunities to share the ball?
If we want to say which part of Manu's performance in the first half was the most eye-catching, it would be his dedicated work helping Leonardo Bastos behind him to defend Leonard Sommersa.

In the second half, the technical and tactical focus of the game was divided between the two sides of the team, but the head coach Fernando Santos wanted to replace himself. When Manu saw the light, he was sent into the darkness. How could he not be discouraged? Woolen cloth?

Assis has been waiting on the bench for a long time!

Just waiting for the opportunity to play, and fly with the team's big brother Simao on the wing!
Throughout the summer, Assis has been training hard, looking forward to being able to take the main position in the new season.

Because Assis knows that Benfica has entered the stage of overthrow and reconstruction in the new season, which will free up a lot of opportunities for young bench players like him.Judging from the current situation of the team's weak left midfielder, Assis has every chance to seize the main position of the left midfielder and complete the "curve overtaking position" without losing the main force of the left back.

just now!

The opportunity is coming!

Assis swore secretly: I must seize this opportunity!In the future games, I will secure the main position on the left side!
Watching the head coach Fernando Santos start to make substitutions and adjustments, Francisco Fonseca on the side looked expectant, as if asking: Coach Santos, when will I be replaced to compete with my fellow countryman Franco?
Fernando Santos also spotted Francisco Fonsecana's little look of anticipation.

however……

To the great disappointment of Francisco Fonseca, Fernando Santos told him very solemnly: "Fonseca, in the second half of the game, we have to rely on the striker combination of Diego and Nuno to attack Villarreal's back." The defense line, so as to complete the lead in the score. Therefore, it is difficult for me to give you a chance to play for the time being, and I hope you can understand."

"Ah! Coach Santos, I understand. Everything is based on the team's technical and tactical goals!"

"Fonseca, as long as you can understand..."

Fernando Santos did not forget to give Francisco Fonseca "candy": "Don't worry! If the score is overtaken in the second half, I will definitely replace you in accordance with the previous agreement, so that you have the opportunity to compete with Franco of."

Hearing this, the sadness on Francisco Fonseca's face was finally swept away.

Francisco Fonseca even clasped the hands of Fernando Santos in excitement, and sincerely thanked: "Ah! Then I thank you first, Coach Santos!"

Fernando Santos was a little frightened, he quickly waved his hand and said: "Ah... okay! After the halftime break, let's warm up and get ready!"

"Yes! Coach Santos!"

However, just as Benfica was intensively making technical and tactical adjustments and substitutions for the second half of the game, some unpleasant episodes occurred on Villarreal's side.

Riquelme actually directly rejected Pellegrini's substitution adjustment!
Even, in the locker room, in front of all his teammates, Riquelme had a fierce verbal conflict with Pellegrini.

"Riquelme! You have no team discipline at the moment!"

"Team discipline is a fart! The so-called team discipline, you are not the one who has the final say!?"

"Riquelme! Let me ask you again, will you play in the second half of the game?!"

"A manly man, nail him with every spittle! If you say you can't get it, you won't get it!"

"Okay! Very good! Very good! Then don't play in the future!"

"Okay! Then let me go back to Argentina quickly! I don't want to play under your command anymore!"

……

The players of Villarreal have long been familiar with this situation.

Since last season, after Pellegrini decided to remove Riquelme's main position, the two had a lot of quarrels in the locker room, even more intense than this, two slaps can't be counted.

Therefore, the vast majority of people chose to look at each other indifferently.

No one cares about the dispute between Pellegrini and Riquelme at all-this matter has reached the point where it cannot be reconciled, and the only solution is for the two to go alone.

But judging from the club and the wishes of the two, it is basically certain that the person who left was Riquelme.

However, for Riquelme, a talented midfielder, leaving the team, Villarreal's players behaved quite indifferent.

The reason is simple--Riquelme's character is too withdrawn, he doesn't get along well with almost everyone in the team, and most of the time he goes in and out alone.

Everyone's communication with Riquelme is limited to on the court, leaving the court, even if there is something, they don't bother to communicate with Riquelme.

Although Pellegrini is not easy to get along with, but compared to Riquelme's words, everyone still chose to stay with Pellegrini.

This is also the main reason why Villarreal executives are willing to start negotiations with Boca Juniors on Riquelme's transfer and return, none of them!

Seeing that the coach Pellegrini and Riquelme could no longer communicate at all, as the captain of the team, Manuel Peña stood up helplessly and walked to Riquelme's side He whispered: "Riquelme, the team's midfield organization is in chaos now, and you are desperately needed to play. I hope you can take care of the overall situation..."

"What's the overall situation? It's not all about certain people!"

"Hey! Riquelme, we can't lose to Benfica, can we?"

"None of my business! I'm going back to Boca Juniors soon!"

"This……"

It is so difficult to communicate with a withdrawn person!

Even though Manuel Peña has patiently analyzed the pros and cons with Riquelme, Riquelme is still quite stubborn: "If I say I can't play, I won't play!"

In the end, Pellegrini decided: not to change Riquelme!Just let Mathias Fernandez and Bruno Soriano support the midfield organization.

As for another substitution adjustment, Robert Pires proceeded as usual.

Guillermo Franco on the left was completely angry with Nelson on the field, and he couldn't even perform at [-]% of his level.

That being the case, it is better to let Guillermo Franco sit down and calm down earlier, so as not to be sent off by the referee directly with a red card.

(End of this chapter)